Illustration App “Mental Canvas” creates 2D sketching in 3D

Sometimes a designer and an illustrator want to create their drawing object with 3D. But the 3D software is difficult to use on feeling.
Recently, some apps like "uMake" let you create 3D models from 2D sketching easily. However, the new app "Mental Canvas" takes a different approach.
Originally developed by Yale University Professor Julie Dorsey and her research team. Mental Canvas is a tool that lies somewhere between current 2D digital drawn-and-paint systems and 3D computer-aided design systems.

“There are loads of different programs that allow you to create 3D models and renderings, but Mental Canvas is the only true 3D drawing platform that lets you project your own strokes into space,” Dorsey said. “This preserves the artist’s hand so that drawings carry a personalized style.”
“All content generated in Mental Canvas is hand-drawn, which gives the user the ability to refine ideas quickly without the burden imposed by 3D geometric modeling systems,” she adds. “Mental Canvas allows you to quickly switch between viewing and drawing modes so that creators can refine their designs at all stages of the creative process. And our drawings can be completed far more quickly than 3D models, allowing for the rapid sharing of concepts.”

Mental Canvas won’t replace 3D modeling. Artists will be able to share ideas in 3D that are based on their own drawings—not a computer’s.
Mental Canvas is currently only available on Microsoft devices running Windows 10, including the Surface line of products.
Learn more about Mental Canvas, clikc here.